Congratulating the winners, Dr D P Singh said, “Success has a few common characteristics which are very evident from the profiles of the revered recipients of the Awards. Each one of them possesses the rare traits of humility, teamwork, problem solving and leadership”.

The selection of the awardees was based on a scientific and democratic way with a ‘rigorous’ opinion poll.

Dr Sanjay Srivastava in his welcome address said, “The assessment process is one of the most robust of any award. A rigorous opinion poll amongst our elite selection committee led by Padma Shri Dr Pritam Singh; S Y Siddiqui; S K Roongta; Kishore Jayaraman; P Dwarkanath with several other corporate and academic leaders was conducted to determine the role models within various domains”.

The stalwarts who were honoured on this prestigious platform are revered figures, among them were: